The Pied Piper of Hamelin and Other Poems Every Boy's Library by Robert Browning

Author:Robert Browning [Browning, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

“And down he threw the pistol, out rushed—by the door

Possibly, but, as for knowledge if by chimney, roof or floor,

He effected disappearance—I’ll engage no glance was sent

That way by a single starer, such a blank astonishment

Swallowed up their senses: as for speaking—mute they stood as mice.

“Mute not long, though! Such reaction, such a hubbub in a trice!

‘Rogue and rascal! Who’d have thought it? What’s to be expected next,

When His Majesty’s Commission serves a sharper as pretext

For ... But where’s the need of wasting time now? Naught requires delay:

Punishment the Service cries for: let disgrace be wiped away

Publicly, in good broad daylight! Resignation? No, indeed!

Drum and fife must play the Rogue’s-March, rank and file be free to speed

Tardy marching on the rogue’s part by appliance in the rear

—Kicks administered shall right this wronged civilian,—never fear,

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